{"id":277263,"date":"2025-11-07T13:00:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T13:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/277263\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T13:00:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T13:00:31","slug":"3-pilots-killed-in-fiery-ups-plane-crash-idd-as-missing-mom-may-be-among-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/277263\/","title":{"rendered":"3 pilots killed in fiery UPS plane crash ID’d \u2014 as missing mom may be among victims"},"content":{"rendered":"

The three pilots killed when a UPS plane crashed in a fiery explosion in Kentucky<\/a> earlier this week were identified Thursday \u2014 as a missing mother of two is believed to be among the victims on the ground.<\/p>\n

\u201cCapt. Richard Wartenberg, First Officer Lee Truitt, and International Relief Officer Capt. Dana Diamond were operating the flight,\u201d UPS said in a statement<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cWords can\u2019t express the sorrow we feel over the heartbreaking Flight 2976 accident. \u2026 This continues to be an incredibly sad time for our entire UPS family, and as our CEO, Carol Tom\u00e9 reminded us: \u2018United, we are strong.’\u201d<\/p>\n

International Relief Officer Capt. Dana Diamond<\/p>\n

A local mother of two is also believed to have died when the plane went down in Louisville Tuesday \u2014 with her boyfriend spared because he was too tired and stayed home.<\/p>\n

Angela \u201cAngie\u201d Anderson, 45, is one of nine people still missing after UPS Flight 2976 crashed just south of\u00a0the city\u2019s Muhammad Ali International Airport.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Anderson was at the nearby Grade A Auto Parts & Scrap Metal Recycling facility when the plane crashed and exploded, her boyfriend, Donald\u00a0Henderson, 55, told local WDRB<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Henderson said the mother-of-two headed out to the facility to get rid of some scrap metal the couple had wanted to get off their hands. <\/p>\n

\u201cShe wanted to take it, get rid of it, and I was like, \u2018Go, go ahead. So she took off,\u201d an emotional Henderson told the outlet.<\/p>\n

Angela \u201cAngie\u201d Anderson, 45, is one of the nine people still missing in the UPS plane crash in Louisville this week. facebook\/aanderson1979<\/p>\n

UPS Flight 2976 crashed just south of Muhammad Ali International Airport. Anela Hadzic \/ Facebook<\/p>\n

Henderson said he was too tired after a long day\u2019s work, so he let Anderson go by herself \u2014 only to come to regret the decision following the fatal crash.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s all I got,\u201d the heartbroken boyfriend said. <\/p>\n

Angel O\u2019Rafferty, Anderson\u2019s friend, said there haven\u2019t been any updates on the missing mom\u2019s status since Tuesday\u2019s tragedy,\u201d the Daily Mail reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAngela Anderson!!! I love you with all my heart. PLEASE GOD bring her to safety along with the others that have not been found from The Plane Wreck in Louisville, Kentucky,\u201d O\u2019Rafferty wrote on Facebook.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The UPS plane crash killed at least 12 people. Anela Hadzic \/ Facebook<\/p>\n

\u201cShe arrived at the site where the plane crashed at 5:11 pm the plane hit at 5:12pm and hasn\u2019t been heard from since yesterday\u2026 please keep these people in your prayers,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n

The UPS jet was carrying about 50,000 gallons of fuel when it took off from the airport, with footage showing the\u00a0plane\u2019s left engine completely engulfed in flames<\/a>\u00a0as it sped down the runway for takeoff\u00a0before it descended and crashed moments after its nose lifted from the ground.<\/p>\n

The National Transit Safety Board is investigating what caused the fire, with the plane\u2019s black box <\/a>recovered on Thursday. <\/p>\n

Local and state officials confirmed that among the 12 dead was a child who was with a parent at the car parts business.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The three pilots killed when a UPS plane crashed in a fiery explosion in Kentucky earlier this week…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[19648,23,569,7737,14739,3,33715,21,19,22,20,22387,25,194,24],"class_list":["post-277263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-airplanes","tag-america","tag-kentucky","tag-louisville","tag-missing-persons","tag-news","tag-plane-crashes","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-ups","tag-us","tag-us-news","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}